Kamis, 29 Oktober 2009

Following her Best Actress win at the18th Chinese Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Chinese actress Zhou Xun held her 35th birthday party the next day. At about 11.30pm, a few of the actress's bodyguards exited from the side door and lighted up more than 10 fireworks.

Due to the strong winds in the area, the grass and trees near the riverside caught fire from the sparks ignited from the fireworks. Together with the blowing wind, the fire started to spread and grow bigger. Zhou's bodyguards tried to extinguish the fire with a foam extinguisher but failed.

About 10 minutes later, a fire engine and two police cars arrived at the fire scene. A few firefighters present used the high-pressure water hoses and successfully extinguished the fire and the policemen kept onlookers at bay.

During the entire 30-minute fiasco, it was reported that nobody came out of Zhou's villa to explain things to the policemen.